Marron bait – what to use?
Submitted by oz74 on Thu, 2013-01-31 09:44
Hi all.
Never been marroning before but thought I would take the little fella for a dose of camping and marroning tomorrow night.
Going down to the Murray River so from what I have read, I can use nets – so now wondering what people’s ideal baits are?
Thanks in advance for any advice or trade secrets you are willing to give up.
Cheers
Brett
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Marron bait
Hi mate,
As for marron bait we have been using Premium burley bucket pellets to good success. Put these in a fine mesh bait bag or stocking attached to the centre of your net. Do be sure to use nets which have the regulation metal base in them. We have them instore if you dont know which they are.
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smelly Bait
My Favourite is a piece of going off poultry ( neck , wing ) inside a stocking with Aniseed Burley Pellets . double wrap with the stockings and securely attached ( cable tie) to centre of net . After pulling nets allways try and place back in same position so incomming marron can't feed on spilt bait and have to go onto net. Have heard from old bushys that soap works well as a bait also ( must be the tallow in it).
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mjohns
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chook pellets mate, handful
chook pellets mate, handful or 2 in a stocking
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bar off soap
bar off soap
oz74
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thanks for the tips
I was actually going to try meat or fish bait so im glad I asked- I had no chance!
I have heard soap as well so I'll probably try a combination of pellets in one net and soap in another and see how it goes.
Cheers
Brett
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mate the best bait is
mate the best bait is definantly liver wether its chichen or cow
i have used this and have found that it is the best bait and that pellets dont work very well.
also i dont really see how soap would do anything but kill the animals but gve it a try you never know but just make sure to use liver!
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mince and chook pellets
mince and chook pellets mushed together in a stocking
shortfuse
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If they are about you still
If they are about you still have every chance with with meat, fish, chook pellets whatever really, they aren't that fussy. Its more about location location location
oz74
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Yeah well its definitely no
Yeah well its definitely no secret location that I am going to try at so im not holding much hope but looking forward to having a go anyway..
Will provide a report on the results in a few days.
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crasny1
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Best Bait ever
was marron feeding pellets, but they arent easy to get. I got some years ago for my pond with marron in it from a Researcher called Brett O'Brien.
Worked an absolute treat in the dams snaring. Havent used it in the stocking because I havent used drops for ages. But anything does attract them. Wiskas fish cat food can opened with a few screwdriver holes hasnt been mentioned, and works in nets. As do everything else above.
Soap has always been mentioned, but it is a detergent, and I dont advise the use of that in waterways. Just adds to the "runoff waste" pooring into the rivers and dams.
Dont use to much bait as the smell from to much confuses them and they tend to sit off the target. Just use a handful or 2 as mentioned above.
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scottnot
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bait
the basic bait i use is cook pellet in a stocking and then you will need to double the stocking over to make it more strength and normly get between 6 to 8 baits out of a pair
and corn on a cobb
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Road kill
Look for a dead rabbit on your travel to the spot and use that and the pellets. The rabbit has plenty of oil in it and works magic on the marron.
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yea
yea carnarvonite or a kangaroo's tail
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spleen or roo tail
spleen or roo tail
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worked on a marron farm down
worked on a marron farm down south for work experience when i was a young tacker, they used dry dog food, seemed to work mint
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We always used Kangaroo.
We always used Kangaroo. Never a short supply and really cheap !
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try
try cat food aswel